When was gay acceptance first happening
1969
The Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village in New York City launch the contemporary gay-rights movement.
Canada decriminalizes lgbtq+ acts for consenting adults over 21.
1971
Toronto’s first Same-sex attracted Day Picnic is held at Hanlan’s Point.
1973
The American Psychiatric Association declares that homosexuality is not a psychiatric disorder.
1977
Quebec becomes the first major jurisdiction in the world to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.
LGBTOUT has created a more U of T-specific timeline of the homosexual rights movement
Canada lifts an immigration ban on gay men.
1979
The first National Pride on Washington for Woman-loving woman and Gay Rights draws more than 100,000 people.
1982
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the “right to the matching protection and equal profit of the law without discrimination.” It does not explicitly protect sexual orientation, but, in 1995, the Supreme Court of Canada rules that sexual orientation should be “read in.”
1983
The Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) is discovered.
1987
ACT UP is founded.
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is unveiled.
1988
Canada’s Svend Robinson becomes the country’s first openly gay MP.
The early 1990s saw a major growth of the Council of Europe membership due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. In 1989, for example, there were 22 member states whereas by 2010 this had risen to 47.
To attach the Council of Europe, new member-states must undertake certain commitments, including conforming their criminal laws to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). As we know from the situation in Northern Ireland described in Dudgeon above, the ECHR right to privacy prohibits the criminalisation of same-sex activity. By the time candidate states from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet bloc applied for membership of the Council of Europe, it was a condition of their accession to decriminalise.
By way of example, the following countries decriminalised at or around the time they joined: Lithuania (joined the Council of Europe in 1993; decriminalised in 1993), Estonia (1993; 1992), Romania (1993; 1996), Serbia (2003; 1994), Ukraine (1995; 1991), Albania (1995; 1995), Latvia (1995; 1992), Macedonia FYROM (1995; 1996), Moldova (1995; 1995), Russia (1996; 1993), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002; 1998-2001), Georgia (1999; 200
LGBT+ History
Denmark’s LGBT+ history is a story of oppression, invisibility, resistance, union, and victories. Homosexuality was considered a crime in Denmark until 1933 – at least for men. Danish Law from 1683 stated: “Association against nature is punished with fire”. Common Danish Penal Code 1866 replaced the death penalty (fire) with reformatory function. Only with the Civil Penalties Act of 1930 (which was in outcome from January 1st, 1933) was sex between individual men over 18 (21) years decriminalized. In this timeline, you can peruse about how the personal became political, a movement united and fought for the right to be who you are.
The overview is based on the article “LBL and other Danish gay movements”, which Inge-Lise Paulsen and Vibeke Nissen wrote for Lambda Nordica in 2000. It has since been supplemented and is continuously updated by the LGBT+ Library
1948
The Circle of 1948 is founded in Aalborg. The idea takes shape on Midsummer’s Eve 1948, so June 23rd is considered the founding day. The idea behind and driving force of the association came from Axel Lundahl Madsen, later Axel Axgil.
From the start it addresses both hom
Written by: Jim Downs, Connecticut College
By the end of this section, you will:
- Explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of civil rights from 1960 to 1980
After World War II, the civil rights movement had a profound impact on other groups demanding their rights. The feminist movement, the Ebony Power movement, the environmental movement, the Chicano movement, and the American Indian Movement sought equality, rights, and empowerment in American society. Gay people organized to resist oppression and demand just treatment, and they were especially galvanized after a New York City police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, sparked riots in 1969.
Around the alike time, biologist Alfred Kinsey began a massive examine of human sexuality in the United States. Appreciate Magnus Hirschfield and other scholars who studied sexuality, including Havelock Ellis, a prominent British scholar who published research on trans person psychology, Kinsey believed sexuality could be studied as a science. He interviewed more than 8,000 men and argued that sexuality existed on a spectrum, saying that it could not be confined to simple categories of lgbtq+ and heterosex
Timeline: Key moments in fight for queer rights
June marks Identity festival Month for the LGBTQIA+ community. Many people celebrate and show their lgbtq+ fest with rainbow flags and parades.
But the quest for equivalent civil rights for the community has been fraught with strife and force. From bricks thrown at Stonewall to "Don't Say Gay" legislation, the battle for equality continues. Here is a look at some of the key moments in LGBTQIA+ history and the fight for equivalent rights.
Though police raids on gay bars were common in the '60s, on June 28, 1969, patrons of Brand-new York's Stonewall Inn said "enough." They fought back, riots broke out and supporters poured into the West Village, igniting the homosexual rights movement in the U.S. Within six months, two gay activist organizations were formed in New York, and three newspapers were launched for gays and lesbians.
Harvey Milk became one of the first openly gay men elected to public office in the Combined States when he won a seat on the board of supervisors in 1977. An outspoken advocate for queer rights, he urged others to approach out and battle for their rights. He was assassinated at City Hall just a year later.